PBH 404 test 2 (ch 7-12) Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
what is vulnerability -
correct answer ✅the ecology of a culture helps shape its
characteristics, and in turn those characteristics create constraints
and boundaries for people within a culture (susceptibility)
why are some societies more vulnerable than others? -
correct answer ✅resources, capacities, and other characteristics
what is the concept of trajectory -
correct answer ✅when a group of individuals within a society
share a pattern of health vulnerability
what is the concept of disease vulnerability? -
correct answer ✅some patterns of vulnerability to disease are
driven by the interaction between a society/ cultural group and a
physical environment
how does vulnerability lead to health disparities? -
correct answer ✅circumstances produce a trajectory of health
including their vulnerability and exposure, systems of knowledge,
attitudes and practices related to health
,PBH 404 test 2 (ch 7-12) Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
What is the concept of the political-economic environment -
correct answer ✅globalization
how do political economic systems shape vulnerability -
correct answer ✅a political system includes the way that resources
and social benefits are distributed in society
how does globalization relate to disease -
correct answer ✅increased complexity of ensuring environmental
responsibility
more rapid routes of transition for infectious disease
globalism -
correct answer ✅the way in which the operation of business and
production is integrated across national boundaries, with global
markets and planning across state boundaries
how does globalism impact public health -
correct answer ✅the economic structure in one country is tied to
, PBH 404 test 2 (ch 7-12) Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
another which has an impact on health conditions and system
capacity
historical trauma -
correct answer ✅refers to the health and social effects of long-
term population level violence experienced by an entire people as a
result of colonialism, slavery, genocide, and other profound
historical consequences
how historical trauma can impact health -
correct answer ✅cause marginalization, poverty and poor health,
distrust, how people view themmselves
populations that have experienced historical trauma -
correct answer ✅holocaust victims, Japanese survivors of WWII,
African Americans, American Indian/ Alaska natives
health risk -
correct answer ✅Biomedicine and public health generally view
behaviors, social practices and beliefs as "risky" or "at risk" if they
increase the likelihood of infection, injury, physical malfunction of
other problems.
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
what is vulnerability -
correct answer ✅the ecology of a culture helps shape its
characteristics, and in turn those characteristics create constraints
and boundaries for people within a culture (susceptibility)
why are some societies more vulnerable than others? -
correct answer ✅resources, capacities, and other characteristics
what is the concept of trajectory -
correct answer ✅when a group of individuals within a society
share a pattern of health vulnerability
what is the concept of disease vulnerability? -
correct answer ✅some patterns of vulnerability to disease are
driven by the interaction between a society/ cultural group and a
physical environment
how does vulnerability lead to health disparities? -
correct answer ✅circumstances produce a trajectory of health
including their vulnerability and exposure, systems of knowledge,
attitudes and practices related to health
,PBH 404 test 2 (ch 7-12) Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
What is the concept of the political-economic environment -
correct answer ✅globalization
how do political economic systems shape vulnerability -
correct answer ✅a political system includes the way that resources
and social benefits are distributed in society
how does globalization relate to disease -
correct answer ✅increased complexity of ensuring environmental
responsibility
more rapid routes of transition for infectious disease
globalism -
correct answer ✅the way in which the operation of business and
production is integrated across national boundaries, with global
markets and planning across state boundaries
how does globalism impact public health -
correct answer ✅the economic structure in one country is tied to
, PBH 404 test 2 (ch 7-12) Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
another which has an impact on health conditions and system
capacity
historical trauma -
correct answer ✅refers to the health and social effects of long-
term population level violence experienced by an entire people as a
result of colonialism, slavery, genocide, and other profound
historical consequences
how historical trauma can impact health -
correct answer ✅cause marginalization, poverty and poor health,
distrust, how people view themmselves
populations that have experienced historical trauma -
correct answer ✅holocaust victims, Japanese survivors of WWII,
African Americans, American Indian/ Alaska natives
health risk -
correct answer ✅Biomedicine and public health generally view
behaviors, social practices and beliefs as "risky" or "at risk" if they
increase the likelihood of infection, injury, physical malfunction of
other problems.
